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A2 - Jim Leeds
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Author Plot Code  |
A2 - Jim Leeds
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| Author Observation Code |
A2 - Jim Leeds
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| Original Data Location |
NJ Natural Heritage Program, NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management, 22 S. Clinton Ave, Plaza Bldg 4, Fl. 4, PO Box 404 Trenton, NJ, 08625-0404
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| Confidentiality Status |
1 km radius (nearest 0.01 degree)
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| Latitude |
39.49
º
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| Longitude |
-74.52
º
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| Author Location |
Jim Leeds
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| Location Narrative |
Site is ~2.3 miles ENE of Pomona. From the intersection of Jim Leeds Rd. and the Garden State Parkway, travel W 0.1 mile to sand road on right (N). There is a gate (Richard Stockton College) - get access beforehand. Follow the road ~0.5 mile N and park. The site is on the left, across a sand mine area, ~700' from the road.
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| State or Province |
New Jersey
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| Country |
United States
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| Shape |
Plotless
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| Permanence |
not permanent
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| Layout Narrative |
plotless - latitude and longitude coordinates are taken from the center of the survey area.
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| Elevation |
13.4
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Slope Gradient |
1.5
º
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: Sandy loam soil, pH 3.8, with organic layer on surface, overlying sand of the Cohansey Formation.
Landscape Description: This is part of a 0.2-acre, pondshore community in good condition within a 2.5-acre, diverse coastal plain intermittent pond surrounded by Atlantic white cedar and mixed deciduous-evergreen lowland forest. Site is located on the Richard Stockton College campus surrounded by mixed deciduous-evergreen lowland forest. A large sand mine (1500x300') stretches S to NE of the site. The Garden State Parkway lies to the E of that. The site is in the SE corner of a wetland that forms the headwaters of one branch of Morses Mill Stream.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040301200
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| Water Depth |
0
m
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| Percent Litter |
3
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
7
%
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| Observation Start Date |
15-Oct-2002
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| Observation End Date |
15-Oct-2002
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| Project |
NJ Mark Wong
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| Cover Method |
Percentage (%)
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| Stratum Method |
National Park Service
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| Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? |
no
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| Plot Validation Level |
(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
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| Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Shrubs
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
General Description: Coastal plain intermittent pond within mixed evergreen-deciduous lowland forest, about 400 feet south of a wetland drained by a manmade channel flowing north into Morses Mill Stream. The area is relatively flat, underlain by sand of the Cohansey Formation. Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation dominates two patches (A1, A2) in the southern upper zone of the pond. It is surrounded by a Carex striata var. brevis-dominated zone (A3), with Sphagnum cuspidatum and Drosera intermedia. Two sparsely vegetated central patches (A4) are dominated by Carex sp., with Eriocaulon aquaticum, Panicum verrucosum, Xyris smalliana, Scleria reticularis, Dichanthelium sp., Eleocharis olivacea, Drosera intermedia and Proserpinaca pectinata. There are patches of Cladium mariscoides throughout the Carex zone and Chamaedaphne calyculata in the upper zone. The pond is surrounded by a 30-40 feet wide band (A5) dominated by Chamaecyparis thyoides and Vaccinium corymbosum, with Sphagnum cuspidatum, Gaylussacia dumosa, Smilax glauca and Acer rubrum. This is surrounded by mixed evergreen-deciduous lowland forest. The pond is located in forested wetlands on the campus of Richard Stockton College, about 800 feet west of the Garden State Parkway. The suburbs of the town of Pomona are about 3000 feet to the south. There appears to be no current anthropogenic disturbance to the pond, though its hydrology may have been affected by sand excavation in a large (2000 x 80 feet) pit that lies 200 feet east of the site, as well as regional drawdown of the water table.
Community Description: Good quality herbaceous pondshore community in southern upper zone of a coastal plain intermittent pond. Community occurrence is made up of two distinct adjacent patches that likely vary spatially and temporally. The southwestern patch (A2) is dominated by Rhynchospora fusca (30%) and Carex sp. (30%), with Sphagnum cuspidatum (15%), Cladium mariscoides (10%), Panicum sp. (2%), Panicum verrucosum (1%), less than 1% Triadenum virginicum, Carex striata var. brevis, Vaccinium macrocarpon, seedlings of Chamaecyparis thyoides and seedlings of Acer rubrum, and about 10% unvegetated surface cover (mostly desicated Sphagnum). The southeastern patch (A1) is dominated by Carex sp. (40%), with Panicum verrucosum (3%), Cladium mariscoides (1%), and less than 1% Rhexia sp. and seedlings of Acer rubrum and Chamaecyparis thyoides. Sandy loam soil, pH 3.8, with organic layer on surface, overlying sand of the Cohansey Formation. No standing water, but moisture held by Sphagnum on surface of southwestern patch. Fully exposed; very gentle slope (0-3º).
Community Description (field): Herbaceous zone characterized by Cladium mariscoides, Carex sp., and Sphagnum cuspidatum. More moisture is held by Sphagnum on the surface in this area versus the adjacent zone (A1) dominated by Carex sp. without Sphagnum. In some areas, Cladium is denser and in others, Rhynchospora is denser. There is no clear patchwork, but rather grading into different zones. Panicum sp. is much more prevalent in the S corner of this area.
NOTE: Although the whole 2.5-acre pond was mapped for this occurrence, Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation occupies approximately 0.2 acres of the pond.
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